Mommy Makeover 6 months PO

Hi there. I'm a mom with one boy, 5 years old. I had a difficult pregancy, carrying very big and gained about 38 kilograms (almost 80 pounds). I managed to lose the weight slowly, after about 2 years I was almost back down to my original weight. But due to having gained so much weight and having put on so much fat and excess tissue, when I 'shrunk' back down to around my old size, I have loose flabby skin on my tummy which looks terrible if I drop back down to my almost pre baby weight,and my breasts have dropped quite a bit. I've put on about 5 pounds which actually helps make my tummy not look so wobbly and full of loose skin rolls, but have always wanted to get my tummy back to its flat old self without having so much skin!

I had been thinking about having the surgery for months, and finally got the nerve to see the surgeon when I talked to my Pilates teacher. I have been having really bad back pain and a lot of tightness in my stomach muscles, and have been doing Pilates for almost 8 months with not much improvement in my core muscles. My Pilates teacher said to me the only thing that would really sort out my abdominal muscles and prevent me from developing future hernias would be a abdominoplasty, or a tummy tuck, as they sew the rectis abdominus back together again.

I have something called diastasis rectis, where the surgeon said my rectis abdominis muscles have pulled away from each other really badly. The surgeon advised a full tummy tuck, as it will sort out the diastasis, and also remove the loose skin. The breast lift & augmentation is a nice to have, and I know after having a tummy tuck I probably won't ever want to go back for more surgery like this in the near future. I feel a bit guilty about spending so much money on myself, but my hubby is supportive and will stay home with me for 3 days after the op, and I have the following week off work as well. Getting so nervous now, as only 16 days to go until surgery date.